James Aura
@jamesaura.bsky.social
I write mysteries, environmental and climate fiction: Sometimes they overlap. #books #SciFi #mysteries #environment
Latest book: The Hurricane Code https://www.amazon.com/Hurricane-Code-James-Aura/dp/B08J1SK814
Latest book: The Hurricane Code https://www.amazon.com/Hurricane-Code-James-Aura/dp/B08J1SK814
About that 'Ultimate Kinks Fanbook' #books
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February 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
About that 'Ultimate Kinks Fanbook' #books
Book review: The Shark House by Sara Ackerman is a richly layered, atmospheric love letter to sharks — as well as the oceans
Book review: The Shark House by Sara Ackerman : EcoLit Books
Sara Ackerman’s novel The Shark House is a richly layered, atmospheric love letter to sharks — as well as the oceans and other animals — that unravels mysteries both immediate and deeply ... Read more
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February 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Book review: The Shark House by Sara Ackerman is a richly layered, atmospheric love letter to sharks — as well as the oceans
The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII a gripping narrative as the Nazis approached Paris #nonfiction
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February 13, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII a gripping narrative as the Nazis approached Paris #nonfiction
Climate Update: Three national leaders who Deny a Warming World #climate
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February 13, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Climate Update: Three national leaders who Deny a Warming World #climate
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February 13, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Trump ends government regulation of greenhouse gases. Rest assured, it will be challenged in court. #climate
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Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
President Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment,
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February 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Trump ends government regulation of greenhouse gases. Rest assured, it will be challenged in court. #climate
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"According to guild steward Sarah Kaplan, a Post Metro reporter, the paper is dropping between 350 and 375 journalists. With the newsroom’s pre-layoff strength at 790 people, that means between 44 percent and 47.5 percent of the newsroom has been axed." -- washingtonian.com/2026/02/09/a...
Actually, the Washington Post Layoffs Were a Bigger Bloodbath Than You Thought - Washingtonian
The layoffs announced last week at the Washington Post were disfiguring to the esteemed news organization, with whole sections and departments—sports, books, staff photography—wiped away, and devastat...
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February 10, 2026 at 5:21 PM
"According to guild steward Sarah Kaplan, a Post Metro reporter, the paper is dropping between 350 and 375 journalists. With the newsroom’s pre-layoff strength at 790 people, that means between 44 percent and 47.5 percent of the newsroom has been axed." -- washingtonian.com/2026/02/09/a...
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Climate reporting by Sarah Kaplan www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Few have seen this dam deep in the mountains — but many believe it could kill them
Climate change threatens to push the world’s infrastructure to a breaking point.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Climate reporting by Sarah Kaplan www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The first major AI Movie-Maker Will likely Come out of Korea
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Why a Korean film exec is betting big on AI
Korean dramas are huge, but the country’s film industry is struggling. AI could help make its productions more efficient and ambitious at the same time.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The first major AI Movie-Maker Will likely Come out of Korea
www.fastcompany.com/91490322/why...?
www.fastcompany.com/91490322/why...?
George Saunders revisits the fraught relationship between life and death in 'Vigil'
Elevation
I don’t recall exactly how I first discovered George Saunders’ work. I was teaching contemporary American lit, focusing on short stories, and I’m pretty …
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February 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
George Saunders revisits the fraught relationship between life and death in 'Vigil'
Recommended books on the natural world, and climate #books
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The Natural World in Books; A Few Non-Fiction Picks
by JoeAnn Hart
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February 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Recommended books on the natural world, and climate #books
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'Half His Age' Isn’t At All What It Seems #books
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February 12, 2026 at 12:12 AM
'Half His Age' Isn’t At All What It Seems #books
Climate Update: Trump's rollback of air emissions regulations and what it means
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February 11, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Climate Update: Trump's rollback of air emissions regulations and what it means
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Hurricanes are getting stronger: This study found from 1992-2021, Cat 1+ hurricanes globally intensified by 1.74 m/s (3.9 mph) over the 30-year period, and that a cold bias in IPCC climate models "probably contributes to an underestimate in projections of major hurricane frequency.”
Weak self-induced cooling of tropical cyclones amid fast sea surface warming - Nature Geoscience
Tropical cyclones cool the ocean surface less than previously thought, indicating that current projections may underestimate their future intensity and frequency, according to an analysis of global se...
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February 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Hurricanes are getting stronger: This study found from 1992-2021, Cat 1+ hurricanes globally intensified by 1.74 m/s (3.9 mph) over the 30-year period, and that a cold bias in IPCC climate models "probably contributes to an underestimate in projections of major hurricane frequency.”
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American Numismatist- Fascinating book by the director of the US Mint, Paul Hollis #books #history www.silvertowne.com/product/2111...?
SilverTowne - A Great Read for the Numismatic History Buff
A Great Read for the Numismatic History Buff
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February 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
American Numismatist- Fascinating book by the director of the US Mint, Paul Hollis #books #history www.silvertowne.com/product/2111...?
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In light of this week's EPA news, I highly recommend this book.
In the year 2099 climate refugees must brave powerful drones to cross the border into Canada.The story engages while it describes the full range of our possible climate futures. #SciFi #Kindle #books 'The Hurricane Code'.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08J1SK814/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08J1SK814/
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
In light of this week's EPA news, I highly recommend this book.
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The Peace Monks, who passed through NC have made it to Washington and the National Mall.
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Buddhist monks arrive at National Mall to hold 'Peace Gathering' at Lincoln Memorial
A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., after completing a 15-week trek from Texas that captivated the country. The monks say their aim is to promote mindfulness and inner peac...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
The Peace Monks, who passed through NC have made it to Washington and the National Mall.
www.wral.com/news/ap/a026...
www.wral.com/news/ap/a026...
On Russia’s New Official Dictionary and the Language of Authoritarianism
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On Russia’s New Official Dictionary and the Language of Authoritarianism
Russia has a new official dictionary. The Explanatory Dictionary of the State Language of the Russian Federation, compiled by St. Petersburg State University, with the assistance of the legal depar…
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February 11, 2026 at 9:10 PM
On Russia’s New Official Dictionary and the Language of Authoritarianism
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When the Flames Went Out-losing a home and rebuilding after LA's Eaton Fire
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February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
When the Flames Went Out-losing a home and rebuilding after LA's Eaton Fire
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Autobiography of Cotton is an autobiography, history and a novel too
‘Before my birth, cotton formed me’: A story of family and struggle
Cristina Rivera Garza’s “Autobiography of Cotton” blends memory, history, and investigation into a beautifully written book about how stories are lost.
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February 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Autobiography of Cotton is an autobiography, history and a novel too
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Trump is trying to roll back environmental protections. A big one is going away this week. It will be challenged.
EPA will revoke ‘endangerment finding’ that underpins all climate regulation this week www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/e...?
EPA will revoke ‘endangerment finding’ that underpins all climate regulation this week www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/e...?
EPA will revoke 'endangerment finding' that underpins all climate regulation this week
The endangerment finding gives the EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases by deeming they pose a risk to public health and welfare.
www.cnbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Trump is trying to roll back environmental protections. A big one is going away this week. It will be challenged.
EPA will revoke ‘endangerment finding’ that underpins all climate regulation this week www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/e...?
EPA will revoke ‘endangerment finding’ that underpins all climate regulation this week www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/e...?
American Numismatist- Fascinating book by the director of the US Mint, Paul Hollis #books #history www.silvertowne.com/product/2111...?
SilverTowne - A Great Read for the Numismatic History Buff
A Great Read for the Numismatic History Buff
www.silvertowne.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
American Numismatist- Fascinating book by the director of the US Mint, Paul Hollis #books #history www.silvertowne.com/product/2111...?
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"extratropical cyclones that are the biggest drivers of winter weather in the Great Lakes region are warming and trending northward", growing in size, and intensifying which then intensifies their teleconnections modulating increasingly NH circulation, driven by ocean warming...
#climate #earth
#climate #earth
Discovering new connections between Great Lakes' winter storms and global climate patterns
About a year ago, researchers at the University of Michigan found that the extratropical cyclones that are the biggest drivers of winter weather in the Great Lakes region are warming and trending nort...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
'Clutch' For This College Friend Group, Midlife Has Entered the Chat #books
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February 10, 2026 at 11:05 PM
'Clutch' For This College Friend Group, Midlife Has Entered the Chat #books